Ford is joining other car companies, such as Volvo and Toyota, in developing systems that can detect pedestrians. It does so by means of cameras and radar ...
Deutschlands Ladeinfrastruktur für E-Autos lückenhaft
Deutschland hinkt im Vergleich mit anderen europäischen Staaten wie Norwegen oder den Niederlanden beim Netzausbau von Ladesäulen für Elektroautos ...
Smart security cameras to detect seatbelt-free drivers
Myriad 2 VPU is a smart security camera that can classify car models, detect suspicious packages or drivers who text or do not wear seatbelts. In order to ...
Report finds mass transit lagging behind population growth
A new report of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy headquerted in New York shows that public transportation networks are not able to ...
Geländefähiges Elektroauto für Afrika
Die technische Universität München hat ein geländetaugliches Elektroauto für den afrikanischen Kontinent, insbesondere für die Region südlich der ...
First commercial (beer) shipment by driverless truck
In a coooperation between Uber and Anheuser-Busch InBev, the first autonomous truck successfully covered a preprogrammed distance of 120 miles to deliver ...
China’s efforts to cut pollution of shipping industry at risk
There has been much international reporting on the high levels of pollution in China. The Chinese government took a ground-breaking policy initiative to ...
First flying Airbus taxi model launched in 2020
Airbus is creating a flying taxis fleet named “CityAirbus” and an autonomous helicopter. The prototype will be tested next year. In 2020 Airbus ...
How electronic payment systems for public transport discriminate
The change from analogue to digital payment systems for the urban transportation services in Toronto exemplify how marginalized groups are discriminated. ...
Toyota sells hydrogen-powered buses from 2017 on
Toyota will start to sell hydrogen-powered buses from 2017 on. Tokyo’s government plans to utilize two of them as fixed-route buses. More than 100 ...
